sorry to carry on with it but ive just had the inevitable lightbulb/smelt the coffee moment...
trends/products/methods come and go, improving all the time...if i was a betting man i'd put money on the notion that the money will soon dissappear from projection plastering as machines get cheaper and the knowledge gets more widespread...
theres still money to be made domestic skimming, rendering even, but not on site...unless your a 23 year old fitness freak...
jetman reckons its around 6 quid a square metre, external on site, labour only...
youll get 35 quid a metre supply, rendering external on domestic...
not sure of the materials costs but if you were to offer the customer a choice between flat render and this new fangled (proven, check out any large newbuild site) for the same money.....
i get the feeling (only a feeling, ive no figures to back it with) that you could hack an entire house off and recoat with krend (or whatever) for the same money as straight rendering without hacking off and only about 1/3rd the effort...
2 reasons why this isnt happening already...
1) im full of shite
2) no ones prepared to take the risk and target the right customers as a 'specialist'..
id be interested to find out the costs involved on an example of say, end terraced, shitty old render, hack off and recoat using a projection machine inc materials...say 85m2...
so, 1 x 8yard skip 150 quid + 2 x ali towers+1 youngman for 3 days max 200 quid so 350 to start off
though i do get the feeling it'd be a lot easier to own your own set of towers etc than have to clean a hire set every time..
with the housing market like it is, people with more money are gonna be buying cheaper property with a view to improvement and 'kerb appeal' can be a huge bonus when getting it valued...